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Pope Francis railed against hypocrisy Sunday, urging his hearers to live authentically and take off their masks.

Russian officials have denounced the Ukrainian government as “enemies of Christ and the Orthodox faith” over security service raids on churches accused of links to Moscow.

The war between Russia and Ukraine has provoked a series of collateral crises around the world, Pope Francis asserted Friday.

Pope Francis requested prayers Friday, or at least “good vibes” from those who do not know how to pray or do not believe in God.

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) introduced an amendment to the so-called “Respect for Marriage Act” (RFMA) in a final effort to help preserve religious liberty before the House votes on the same-sex marriage bill next week, the Federalist first reported.

David Lopez, the owner of Premier Mobile Cuts barbershop in Midland, Texas, has a special way of making his customers feel valued.

Fuentes is not only attacking Jews for their alleged role in contemporary society, but the Jewish faith itself, using medieval tactics that were later adopted by the Nazis to motivate genocide.

A Christian couple and their daughter were hacked to death with machetes in Nigeria this week by suspected Fulani Islamists, local media reported Thursday.

“We are gravely disappointed that the misnamed Respect for Marriage Act passed the Senate and continue to call for its rejection,” wrote the chairman of Bishops’ Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth in a statement Thursday.

The Islamic State in Mozambique (ISM) has ordered Christians and Jews to pay a jizya tax for infidels as a sign of their submission to an Islamic Caliphate, the Barnabas Fund reported Thursday.

Analysis of the Census by the Guardian found that there is a “worrying correlation” between the most deprived areas and Muslim populations.

A leading African cardinal said last weekend that religious liberty is “under threat” in the West where there is an “implicit bias against Christianity.”

A Chinese government representative declared this week that he was “not aware” of the demotion and relocation of a Catholic bishop in violation of the 2018 Sino-Vatican accord on the appointment of bishops.

Pope Francis asserted this week that real Catholics reject polarization in a spirit of embracing and harmonizing differences.

Too many people feel left out of Christmas celebrations due to their own faith – or lack of it – so the traditional Christian season should be downplayed, a UK-based diversity lobby group said.

The Russian government has protested Pope Francis’s latest comments on the war in Ukraine, in which he claimed that the “cruelest” soldiers are not Russian but outsiders like “the Chechens” and “the Buryati” who fight on the Russian side.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) lamented the passage of the “Respect for Marriage Act” without his religious liberty amendment.

The Senate rejected Sen. Mike Lee’s (R-UT) religious liberty amendment and passed the so-called “Respect for Marriage Act” (RFMA).

Elizabeth Groff felt completely forgotten during her time in a Ukrainian orphanage until a simple gift changed her life.

The American Principles Project is urging Senate Republicans to oppose the “Respect for Marriage Act” if senators fail to adopt strong protections for religious liberty.

Former President Donald Trump has come under a barrage of criticism from Jewish supporters and former envoys over his decision to host antisemitic rapper Kanye West and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes at Mar-a-Lago.

England and Wales are minority Christian for the first time probably since the 7th century AD, with Islam and godlessness making gains.

A man was arrested and charged with double homicide after two bodies were found “burned beyond recognition” Monday morning in Covington, Louisiana, according to police.

Senators voted 61-35 to end debate on a bipartisan amendment to the same-sex marriage bill that purports to protect religious liberty.

Morton Klein, the president of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), who recently gave former President Donald Trump a special award, denounced Trump on Monday for his recent dinner with antisemitic figures.

Voters in five key states oppose the so-called “Respect for Marriage Act” (RFMA) due to religious liberty concerns.

A French priest has been suspended from preaching for four weeks after asserting that abortion has claimed more victims than World War I.

Stalin’s Holodomor genocide of millions of Ukrainians in the 1930s was a “historical antecedent” to Russia’s current armed aggression, Pope Francis said in an interview published Monday.

Sullivan and Lummis, who both voted to advance to same-sex marriage bill, said they would support Lee’s religious liberty amendment.

The Dean of Trinity College, Cambridge, has defended a woke and highly graphic Evensong service in which an academic likened depictions of Jesus Christ’s wounds to bleeding vaginas and said He had a “trans body”.

Rev. Franklin Graham said Saturday that the same-sex marriage bill called the “Respect for Marriage Act” “fails to protect those of us who believe marriage is between a man and a woman” and expressed his support for an amendment proposed by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT). 

Pope Francis is mourning the death of a homeless German man who died just outside the Vatican this week, the Holy See reported.

The Vatican has registered its “surprise and regret” over China’s unilateral decision to demote and relocate a Catholic bishop without the approval of Pope Francis.

Pope Francis has written a letter to the people of Ukraine marking nine months since the outbreak of war on their soil.

Cardinal Joseph Zen has been found guilty together with 5 others of failing to properly register the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, which provided legal and medical aid to jailed protesters of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement.

Pope Francis called on the International Theological Commission Thursday to increase the number of women in its ranks, insisting they make theology “tastier.”